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Determination 2015/16: Departmental Secretaries - Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions

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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

This item is authorised by the following title:

Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

Latest version

C2015G02053

11 December 2015

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Subject to this Part, a Secretary may elect to receive the benefit of the Total Remuneration, other than the value of the Employer's Superannuation Contribution, in cash as salary or as a combination of salary and other Benefits.
A Secretary is entitled to recreation leave at a rate of 20 working days for each completed 12 months of service, or pro rata for lesser periods, to be credited in the same way as recreation leave entitlements are credited to employees generally in the Secretary’s Department.
In determining whether, for the purpose of clause 5.1, there has been an offer of suitable alternative employment, account is to be taken of any offer of employment with the Commonwealth, the administration of a Territory, or a public statutory corporation referred to in paragraph 3(4)(d) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, or an incorporated company all the stock or shares in the capital of which is or are beneficially owned by the Commonwealth or by a public statutory corporation, or an incorporated company limited by guarantee where the interests and rights of the members in or in relation to the company are beneficially owned by the Commonwealth or by a public statutory corporation.
In this Part:
The ‘settling out period’ is the period of up to 7 days beginning on the day when the furniture and other household effects of the Secretary and his or her dependants, if any, are removed from the residence of the Secretary at the home locality.